The primary wildflowers now blooming are Bicolored Cluster Lily <I>(Brodiaea howellii)</I>, Common Camas <I>(Camassia quamash)</I>, Great Camas <I>(Camassia leichtinii)</I>, Meadow Death-Camas <I>(Zigadenus venenosus </I>var.<I> venenosus)</I>, and members of the Lomatium family including Pungent Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium grayi)</I>, Bare-stem Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium nudicaule)</I>, and Nine-leaf Desert Parsley <I>(Lomatium triternatum </I>var.<I> triternatum)</I>.
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Others in bloom include: Small-flowered Lupine <I>(Lupinus micranthus)</I>, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary <I>(Collinsia parviflora)</I>, Chickweed Monkey Flower <I>(Mimulus alsinoides)</I>, Common Monkey Flower <I>(Mimulus guttatus)</I>, Rosy Plectritis <I>(Plectritis congesta)</I>, Small-Flowered Prairie Star <I>(Lithophragma parviflorum)</I>, Filaree* <I>(Erodium cicutarium)</I>, Yarrow <I>(Achillea millefolium)</I>, Western Saxifrage <I>(Saxifraga occidentalis)</I>, Western Buttercup <I>(Ranunculus occidentalis)</I>, Bigroot <I>(Marah oreganus)</I> along the upper trail, some False Agoseris <I>(Nothocalais troximoides)</I> along the upper trail, Upland Larkspur <I>(Delphinium nuttallianum)</I> especially along the upper trail, Poet's Shooting Star <I>(Dodecatheon poeticum)</I>, some Striped Coral Root <I>(Corallorhiza striata)</I>, Gold Star <I>(Crocidium multicaule)</I>, Clasping Henbit <I>(Lamium amplexicaule)</I> near the old corral, Miner's Lettuce <I>(Claytonia perfoliata)</I>, Ball-Head Waterleaf <I>(Hydrophyllum capitatum</I> var. <I>thompsonii)</I>, and Rigid Fiddleneck <I>(Amsinckia retrorsa)</I>.
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In the woods above the old corral you will find lots of Big-head Clover <I>(Trifolium macrocephalum)</I>, Chocolate Lily <I>(Fritillaria lanceolata)</I>, and Columbia Gorge Lupine <I>(Lupinus latifolius </I>var.<I> thompsonianus)</I>. Above the arch, in addition to other previously-listed varieties you will also find Slender Popcorn Flower <I>(Plagiobothrys tenellus)</I>, Northwest Balsamroot <I>(Balsamorhiza deltoidea)</I>, Naked Broomrape <I>(Orobanche uniflora </I>var.<I> purpurea)</I>, and Baby Star <I>(Linanthus bicolor)</I>.
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There is an ever-increasing amount of <font color="red">Poison Oak</font> <I>(Toxicodendron diversilobum)</I> along the upper trail. Going off-trail is hazardous to your health!
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